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Appearance

Nidoran♀ is a small rabbit-shaped Pokémon with large whiskers and front teeth, it is said to resemble Nidoran♂ but is lavender-bluish and has a much smaller horn on its head. It has darker spots on its body.

Special abilities

It has the ability Poison Point that allows a 30% chance of the foe being poisoned if hit by a direct attack.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation III

Origins

The name Nidoran♀ follows the same conventions as those of the other Pokémon in the Nidoran family. Nido (二度, Nido?) is the Japanese word for "two times" or "two degrees," which is indicative of the differences in the genders of the species. Nīdoru (ニードル, Nīdoru?) is also the Romanticized pronunciation of "needle", which Nidoran are covered in. "Ran" may derive from pacarana, a South American type of rodent. She evolves into Nidorina then into Nidoqueen.